Fold-away wheelbarrow systems

Abstract

A fold-away wheelbarrow system is for use in moving materials from one location to another. The wheelbarrow has a shell comprised of a front, a back, a right side, and a left side that hinge together in such a way that the front may open for dumping the carried load and / or the front, back, and sides may fold via a plurality of hinges into a flat configuration for storage. The fold-away wheelbarrow is foldable such that it occupies a greatly reduced area for storage.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]The present application is related to and claims priority from prior provisional application Ser. No. 61 / 296,230, filed Jan. 19, 2010 which application is incorporated herein by reference.COPYRIGHT NOTICE[0002]A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever. 37 CFR 1.71(d).BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention(s). It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art, or material, to the presently described or claimed inventions, or that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is pr...

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Benefits of technology

[0010]The fold-away wheelbarrow is preferably comprised of plastic and is a second-class lever. The hinges provide swingably-rotatable relationships between the front planar, the first side planar surface, the second side planar surface, and the rear planar surface such that the front planar surface is rotatable about the hinge so that the front planar surface is allowed to come into a parallel relationship adjacent to the first side planar surface and away from the second planar surface thereby providing an unimpeded dumping side for unloading the material contained therein. The fork-mounted wheel is preferably front-swivelly-mounted to the lower frame. The handle-stand within this particular embodiment may be rotatable about a centerline axis such that the wheelbarrow may be manipulatable between an in-use condition and a storage condition. The hinges allow the fold-away wheelbarrow to be relationally-rotatably manipulated such that the fold-away wheelbarrow is foldable for easy and convenient storage. The handle-stand comprises a lifting means (lifter) whereby an operator may manipulate the fold-away wheelbarrow during a load-moving period. Further, the handle-stand provides a rester while the present invention is in a stationary position. The lifter preferably comprises two hand-grippable handles. The rester may comprise a u-shaped stand rotatable in relation to the lifter means. The fold-away wheelbarrow may be carried by the fork-mounted axle designed to distribute a carried-weight-load between the wheel and the operator as a second-class lever thereby enabling convenient carriage of the carried-weight-load by the operator.

Problems solved by technology

Although wheelbarrows are useful tools for preventing back strain and also enable users to complete certain chores in a more efficient manner, conventional designs require a significant amount of storage space.

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